Well that was excellent. What a selection you've shown here - never heard of some of the makes. Some were a bit 'dodgy' but some could have been winners if the manufacturers had the nerve to put them into production. You never cease to amaze with your content :-)
Thanks for the great presentation. I really enjoyed the content. The lack of dopey, graphic transitions, annoying music and superfluous comments is sincerely appreciated.
When you see a prototype car you can instantly see if the design 'flows' , not all do and there are some real stinkers that luckily never made it into production. Thanks for posting the video.
There are some real stinkers which DID make it into production. Many estate cars look like the designer gave a picture of a saloon to their 5-year-old to finish off as an estate.
I'm curious to know if any of your UK viewers "of a certain age" might've read Road & Track magazine, in which the work of American cartoonist Stan Mott was regularly featured for about 30 years, starting in 1957. One of his creations, Cyclops, was billed as the world's cheapest car (made out of old CinZano signs) and would've been strong competition for some of the micro cars you've featured here. Thanks for the tour!
Absolutely stunning! Whoever knew there were so many minicars! My fave was the gorgeous 1930 Bentley Speed Six Blue Train Special - a magnificent vehicle!
Thank you for the Commentary on what they are as I know very few of them And after watching the photos video of cars , the same I have no idea what they are so To have you tell us it’s great 👍
The office desk is an Edd China special and a world record holder for the fastest office desk. Possibly the potting shed is an idea of his as well. Great vid.
I have a picture of a Rover campervan at Skipton (N Yorks) Classic Car Show in about 2017. No expert I, but not sure if it was a P5 or a P6. Certainly unusual.
When I was a Customs Officer at the parcel post depot in London, the importer of Wartburg cars came to collect a package. He told us that the correct pronunciation was Fartburg. Perhaps that is why they never caught on
Nice selection, as always. The Wartburg saloon and the Taunus Transit were actually quite common on the Continent. Especially Wartburgs were sold in The Netherlands, Belgium and I believe Sweden in some numbers. And obviously you can still find them in former East Germany. Very nice car, at least I believe so.
Quite interesting! Probably the most unusual car I have seen was an Isetta flat bed mini-lorry. The bed was flan and about 4' X 6'. The cab was the front half of an Isetta. It's engine was under the bed. The chassis, obviously, had been extended and it had a full width live axle with a differential. This was seen being worked on in Mexico City around 1960.
Wow. Brilliant selection. My best mate in the army had a Borgward Arabella. Pretty little car. The Isetta Pick-up would make a fantastic advertising vehicle for something lightweight; bakery, choc
Great video. Why oh why couldn't Rover/BMC actually have had the courage of their designers convictions and gone ahead with some of these prototypes! Too many tweed jackets in charge I suppose? What might have been.
Interesting, I think it's definitely time for a microcar comeback. The Kleinschnittger didn't have a reverse. The snout was mostly empty and the tiny moped engine and tank were right at the front under a little hatch for a bonnet. To park it you got out, picked up the back end and wheelbarrowed it into place. Practical!
I love automotive oddities, whether it be coachwork, mechanics, or concept. I patted myself on the back for the number of these cars that I correctly identified. The Bentley at 16:51 is spectacularly beautiful!
Sorry it wasn't up to scratch, the idea was to introduce a series of offbeat vehicles then if something struck a chord with a viewer, they could head off and research it/them in more depth
Surprised to see the Rolls Royce ice cream conversion. As a schoolboy I had a part time weekend/holiday job on a nursery garden. The owner had an old Rolls which he converted into a pickup truck by cutting the back body off and substituting a rough wooden box. We used this to collect 'manure' from local pig farms which was reckoned to give the tomato crop a 'distinctive' flavour. I didn't get to drive this being too young. My job was shovelling the pigs--t into the truck (and subsequently digging it into the tomato beds). When RR discovered this conversion they approached the owner and swapped the Rolls for a brand new Austin A55 pickup. We were told that our conversion and the use of it "did not reflect the image that Rolls Royce found desirable." Seems this was not a general prohibition, maybe just our usage influenced the decision!
Back in the 1980s I remember occasionally spying a pre-war R-R that had been converted into a pickup truck, I think ti was matt black all over, I assume it ended up being re-bodied in a more appropriate style but I'd love nothing better than to turn up at a R-R event in a scruffy 20/25 (or similar) truck. Thanks for watching
12:00 "an interesting attachment" LOL If you find a LR with a food mixer attachment, that would be interesting. Saw benches on the other hand, run of the mill.
The vaguely yellow Austin proto Convertible. You call it an A40, but its visually A30/A35 based. If correct, a little more explanation would help please?
@17.05 This is a regular Ford Transit. A predecessor of the Transit that was introduced in 1965 and built in Germany as well as in the UK. German built Fords in the fifties were called Ford Taunus, after the Taunus mountain region in Germany.
In the UK the Mk1 Transit took over from the 400E, but I'm not sure that the Taunus Transit (built and mainly sold in Europe) was also built here in the UK, or even sold here. Thanks for watching.
Re the Crayford Mini @ 13:39. *Of course* it would have been a "complete wreck" because it was a Crayford conversion. Crayford were well known for their lack of rustproofing and their extensive use of bog. I once owned a 1973 W116 Mercedes-Benz Crayford Estate (one of 20 built), formerly owned by Rolf Harris. It was the worst rust-bucket I've ever owned, and there must have been half a ton of bog in it (from the conversion, not from repairs).
@@oldclassiccarUK Yes, they kept moving around. Mine came from the UK to AU, and when I sold it it returned to the UK (the freight and associated charges would have cost thrice the value of the car!). Another AU example ended up in Singapore, another in Malaysia. Every one of them, even that owned by David McMullan (the Crayford Auto Developments owner), was a sad rustbucket bog barrow.
Interesting to see the Vanden Plas (Pronounced Pla not plas) 18-22 series, I remember my Dad working on it )(He was Manager of design and engineering at Vanden Plas it had Ford Capri headlights hidden behind the Perspex lights
Interesting, lately I keep reading/hearing lately that the correct pronunciation is Plass rather than Plarr, guess I'll never use the correct one :) Thanks for watching
@@oldclassiccarUK I think to be strictly correct the original Dutch name should be "Plas" But by the time it got to Britain via Belgium it had been corrupted to "Pla" so for the correct pronunciation of the car company it is Vanden Pla
If the Mini was the best space design, then why was it never made three times the size, like it is when you have a Corgi Mini and a Corgi Mercedes 600 as kids and they are the same size? ...Like the dwarf cars vids elsewhere on TH-cam but giant-ism instead.
@@oldclassiccarUK I got the same letter back when I wrote to Beano about this, 50 years ago, Ed. How am I now to trust your car descriptions if you think an Austin 1100 and 1800 are similar to a mini: "Buses carry folk don't they? Well then, a mini is the same as a bus." :-)
great if it wasn't for the distraction of is he or isn't he going to tell us the only information we can read for ourselves if we actually cared about registration numbers.
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Well that was excellent. What a selection you've shown here - never heard of some of the makes. Some were a bit 'dodgy' but some could have been winners if the manufacturers had the nerve to put them into production. You never cease to amaze with your content :-)
One tries :-) thanks for following these updates
I really do like those Tatras.
That one with a propeller looks like some Wylie Coyote stuff....😁✌️some nice cars...
Some weird & wonderful cars in this video collection, complimented with an excellent narration.
Thanks for the feedback Derek, much appreciated
Thank you for sharing! This was very interesting, I have many car books, but I haven’t heard of many of these, you have done a great job!
Thanks Raymond
I thought I knew something about obscure vehicles. Mind blown sir. One after another. Thank you so much. Keep it up.
Thanks for the great presentation. I really enjoyed the content. The lack of dopey, graphic transitions, annoying music and superfluous comments is sincerely appreciated.
Thanks Kevin
The Allard Safari, 13 built, 5 survive. It was the station wagon version of the P2 Monte Carlo couple (11 built, 7 survive). Cracking video, thanks!
When you see a prototype car you can instantly see if the design 'flows' , not all do and there are some real stinkers that luckily never made it into production.
Thanks for posting the video.
There are some real stinkers which DID make it into production. Many estate cars look like the designer gave a picture of a saloon to their 5-year-old to finish off as an estate.
I'm curious to know if any of your UK viewers "of a certain age" might've read Road & Track magazine, in which the work of American cartoonist Stan Mott was regularly featured for about 30 years, starting in 1957. One of his creations, Cyclops, was billed as the world's cheapest car (made out of old CinZano signs) and would've been strong competition for some of the micro cars you've featured here. Thanks for the tour!
Stan Mott was my favorite part of R&T back before it began to it’s slow slide to today’s sad version.
Excellent content as usual, or in this case - excellent content unusual.
Excellent compilation. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it
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Absolutely stunning! Whoever knew there were so many minicars! My fave was the gorgeous 1930 Bentley Speed Six Blue Train Special - a magnificent vehicle!
Brilliant. Also the great descrip
Thank you for the Commentary on what they are as I know very few of them
And after watching the photos video of cars , the same I have no idea what they are so
To have you tell us it’s great 👍
Thanks for giving it a watch David 👍
The office desk is an Edd China special and a world record holder for the fastest office desk. Possibly the potting shed is an idea of his as well. Great vid.
The Rover P5 campervan, that's my pick of the bunch 👍🏻
I have a picture of a Rover campervan at Skipton (N Yorks) Classic Car Show in about 2017. No expert I, but not sure if it was a P5 or a P6. Certainly unusual.
When I was a Customs Officer at the parcel post depot in London, the importer of Wartburg cars came to collect a package. He told us that the correct pronunciation was Fartburg. Perhaps that is why they never caught on
I believe that the correct pronunciation is `'Vartburg'. A W is pronounced as a V and a V would be pronounced as an F as in Folksvagen.
Nice selection, as always. The Wartburg saloon and the Taunus Transit were actually quite common on the Continent. Especially Wartburgs were sold in The Netherlands, Belgium and I believe Sweden in some numbers. And obviously you can still find them in former East Germany. Very nice car, at least I believe so.
Thank you.
Quite interesting! Probably the most unusual car I have seen was an Isetta flat bed mini-lorry. The bed was flan and about 4' X 6'. The cab was the front half of an Isetta. It's engine was under the bed. The chassis, obviously, had been extended and it had a full width live axle with a differential. This was seen being worked on in Mexico City around 1960.
You might like to take a look at this concoction:
th-cam.com/video/1Geap3u5mvg/w-d-xo.html
Loved the video, thanks very much!
As usual, excellent video. This particular post is especially good.
Thanks Paul, glad it was of interest
Wow. Brilliant selection. My best mate in the army had a Borgward Arabella. Pretty little car.
The Isetta Pick-up would make a fantastic advertising vehicle for something lightweight; bakery, choc
Chocolatier, just eat type of business.
The Rover P5 caravanette was sold by Bangers and Cash not long ago.
Great video, thanks
Totally impressive collection Thankyou
Thanks BB!
What an excellent video but I thought the amphicar had a Renault engine in it
Sure it was the Herald engine, will check
Great video. Why oh why couldn't Rover/BMC actually have had the courage of their designers convictions and gone ahead with some of these prototypes! Too many tweed jackets in charge I suppose? What might have been.
Interesting, I think it's definitely time for a microcar comeback. The Kleinschnittger didn't have a reverse. The snout was mostly empty and the tiny moped engine and tank were right at the front under a little hatch for a bonnet. To park it you got out, picked up the back end and wheelbarrowed it into place. Practical!
I love automotive oddities, whether it be coachwork, mechanics, or concept. I patted myself on the back for the number of these cars that I correctly identified. The Bentley at 16:51 is spectacularly beautiful!
A little bit of information about each car would have made this video so much better instead of the long silences!
Sorry it wasn't up to scratch, the idea was to introduce a series of offbeat vehicles then if something struck a chord with a viewer, they could head off and research it/them in more depth
@@oldclassiccarUK Don’t get me wrong there were some great photos, I suppose I get more critical as I get older!
Absolutely loved this. So interesting and love the no-nonsense presentation. 👍👍👍
Thanks Marian, glad you liked it
18.57.... The Metro with a boot!! A little bit of sick came up.
Not the happiest bit of design agreed, thanks for watching
Fun!! Thank you!!!!
Surprised to see the Rolls Royce ice cream conversion.
As a schoolboy I had a part time weekend/holiday job on a nursery garden. The owner had an old Rolls which he converted into a pickup truck by cutting the back body off and substituting a rough wooden box.
We used this to collect 'manure' from local pig farms which was reckoned to give the tomato crop a 'distinctive' flavour.
I didn't get to drive this being too young. My job was shovelling the pigs--t into the truck (and subsequently digging it into the tomato beds).
When RR discovered this conversion they approached the owner and swapped the Rolls for a brand new Austin A55 pickup. We were told that our conversion and the use of it "did not reflect the image that Rolls Royce found desirable." Seems this was not a general prohibition, maybe just our usage influenced the decision!
Back in the 1980s I remember occasionally spying a pre-war R-R that had been converted into a pickup truck, I think ti was matt black all over, I assume it ended up being re-bodied in a more appropriate style but I'd love nothing better than to turn up at a R-R event in a scruffy 20/25 (or similar) truck. Thanks for watching
Sacrelidge.
you certainly know you stuff sir . good commentary as well bout time someone gave you a compliment well done
Thanks JM :-)
Rolls Royce icecream van, I want it
Join the queue :-)
Enjoyed every minute of this vid.
Thanks for the feedback Jeff
I remember the Bertram Mills' Land Rover from when I was a kid in the late 1950s
Thanks beauty colectionsl
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Just found this channel- Great stuff!
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12:00 "an interesting attachment" LOL
If you find a LR with a food mixer attachment, that would be interesting. Saw benches on the other hand, run of the mill.
The vaguely yellow Austin proto Convertible. You call it an A40, but its visually A30/A35 based. If correct, a little more explanation would help please?
Definitely A30 (did I say A40?)
I don't think the driver of the convertible Morris marina would survive the impact from a piano falling on it.
It would be nice if you put make and model in all your photos
Do I not identify the cars in the photos? thanks for watching
Just wondering how many of those accessories and modifications would work with the current pseudo-Defender.
@17.05 This is a regular Ford Transit. A predecessor of the Transit that was introduced in 1965 and built in Germany as well as in the UK. German built Fords in the fifties were called Ford Taunus, after the Taunus mountain region in Germany.
In the UK the Mk1 Transit took over from the 400E, but I'm not sure that the Taunus Transit (built and mainly sold in Europe) was also built here in the UK, or even sold here. Thanks for watching.
Re the Crayford Mini @ 13:39. *Of course* it would have been a "complete wreck" because it was a Crayford conversion. Crayford were well known for their lack of rustproofing and their extensive use of bog.
I once owned a 1973 W116 Mercedes-Benz Crayford Estate (one of 20 built), formerly owned by Rolf Harris. It was the worst rust-bucket I've ever owned, and there must have been half a ton of bog in it (from the conversion, not from repairs).
I remember being told of a Mercedes like you mention 10+ years ago but it sold on again shortly afterwards I think
@@oldclassiccarUK Yes, they kept moving around. Mine came from the UK to AU, and when I sold it it returned to the UK (the freight and associated charges would have cost thrice the value of the car!). Another AU example ended up in Singapore, another in Malaysia. Every one of them, even that owned by David McMullan (the Crayford Auto Developments owner), was a sad rustbucket bog barrow.
17:50 The oddity I spot with the mini is the 2 fuel tanks.
Mini cooper S had twin tanks as standard.
That 1-off Land Rover - ugly thing used in a film didn't appear in this collection.
Land Rover City Cab - type thing.
3.40 Messerschmidt. A propeller driven engine!!! We wont use petrol to dive the engine.
3:18 Are you sure that's not a converted popemobile ?
7:50 What happens when you mix a Triumph, a Corvette and a submarine.
Interesting to see the Vanden Plas (Pronounced Pla not plas) 18-22 series, I remember my Dad working on it )(He was Manager of design and engineering at Vanden Plas it had Ford Capri headlights hidden behind the Perspex lights
Interesting, lately I keep reading/hearing lately that the correct pronunciation is Plass rather than Plarr, guess I'll never use the correct one :) Thanks for watching
@@oldclassiccarUK I think to be strictly correct the original Dutch name should be "Plas" But by the time it got to Britain via Belgium it had been corrupted to "Pla" so for the correct pronunciation of the car company it is Vanden Pla
The potting shed and computer desk. O think it's edd China's collection
Creepella Gruesome 7:58
If the Mini was the best space design, then why was it never made three times the size, like it is when you have a Corgi Mini and a Corgi Mercedes 600 as kids and they are the same size?
...Like the dwarf cars vids elsewhere on TH-cam but giant-ism instead.
Well the Austin 1100 and 1800 were similar to the Mini, but larger I suppose
@@oldclassiccarUK I got the same letter back when I wrote to Beano about this, 50 years ago, Ed.
How am I now to trust your car descriptions if you think an Austin 1100 and 1800 are similar to a mini:
"Buses carry folk don't they?
Well then, a mini is the same as a bus."
:-)
great if it wasn't for the distraction of is he or isn't he going to tell us the only information we can read for ourselves if we actually cared about registration numbers.
Not everyone has brilliant vision and some people find background info on the cars interesting
Buzz noose in back ground
Tucker 47
hey dude we are not interested in the rego numbers just talk about the car, time is precious
It helps me with going through my handwritten notes with regard to certain cars etc, thanks for watching